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The fourth round of Is My Blog Burning (IMBB) is upon us and as of this morning there were 46 amazing entries. You can find them all here in Pim’s witty and tres gourmand blog.
I got very excited about this next chapter in the unfolding journey through the foods of the world that is IMBB (Is My Blog Burning?) The subject was Around the World in a Bowl of…
How do they do it? There is a local restaurant/grocery that a few months back started selling hot rotisserie chickens. They come off the roaster at 1PM and 5PM. You can order them by phone…
…isn’t me (what a shock!) and officially isn’t going to be me. Semi-finalists were supposed to be contacted by May 1st. The cook-offs themselves start this weekend. So my effort didn’t make the cut. Oh…
OK, I know I’ve written about this before, but I have improved a little on the method and have found a few spices that work even a little better and most importantly, I have a…
[Warning – politics ahead…] Abu Musab Zarqawi is widely regarded as masterminding most of the bombings and terrorist-caused deaths in Iraq. He also claimed responsibility for the beheading of Nick Berg, the poor, decent civilian…
The very interesting IMBB (Is My Blog Burning?) cooking project is upon us again. The last time was cake and this time it is ‘Around the world in a bowl of rice’. I will, of…
In common with other food bloggers, I have been getting fava beans lately in my box of organic veggies. I actually have saved them up for a couple of weeks since I wanted to make…
…not just than buying the same veggies at a grocery store but than buying the non-organic equivalent at a grocery store! So you have absolutely no excuse whatsoever if you actually do cook your own…
…a mere nothing, a bagatelle. NOT! On the contrary, the trifle is the quintessential English dessert. On a warm summer evening there is nothing, literally nothing to beat a good trifle. Now I have had…